Expert consensus on diagnosis and treatment of depression in Parkinson's disease with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine (2021 edition)

Abstract

Depression is the most common non⁃motor symptom of Parkinson's disease. However, the pathogenesis of depression in Parkinson's disease (DPD) remains undetermined. In order to further standardize and improve clinical diagnosis and treatment of DPD, relevant domestic experts of traditional Chinese and Western medicine from Jiangsu, Anhui, Shandong, Guangdong and Tianjin, Beijing, Shanghai jointly developed "Expert consensus on diagnosis and treatment of depression in Parkinson's disease with integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine (2021 edition)" after detailed discussions both online and offline. With integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, the consensus sorts out diagnosis, evaluation tools and treatment of Western medicine according to the diagnostic criteria of Parkinson's disease and depression, and traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment system based on syndrome differentiation of Parkinson's disease according to the traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis of tremor syndrome and depression syndrome. Different treatment methods are provided for the early and advanced stages of Parkinson's disease according to the treatment principles of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine. The expert consensus is superior in clinic and relatively safe, which can be used as a reference for clinicians.

Keywords

• parkinson disease
• depression
• tcm wm therapy
• expert consensus (not in mesh)